Quantifying the potential for consumer-oriented policy to reduce European and foreign carbon emissions

Climate Policy

Volumn 20, Issue sup1, 2020, Pages S28-S38

  Moran, Daniel ^a   Wood, Richard ^a   Hertwich, Edgar ^b   Mattson, Kim ^a   Rodriguez, Joao F D ^c   Schanes, Karin ^d   Barrett, John ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon CAP; climate change policies; consumer behaviour; MRIO

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 85058634857     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2018.1551186     Document Type: Article

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